Final word on this Jim. You still don't seem to understand what I mean by he was good enough AT THE TIME he was bought.
Think about it like a game of cards. Building a good football team is like building a game of cards. You get dealt with a hand and you obviously want to then gradually improve it as you play on, until you get a winning hand. At the start of the game cards become available which will improve your hand - not difficult because you have a crap hand to start with. As you move on it becomes more and more difficult to improve the hand, you need better and better cards to become available that will improve the hand. Livermore became available and at the time he was signed he improved the squad. As luck would have it, almost immediately after 2 other players became available who were better (for the team) than Livermore was. Livermore was bought and improved the team as it was, but then 2 better players became available so to make way for them we had to sell on Livermore. Do you get it now? Its like playing rummy, picking up a card that has been discarded because you think it improves your hand, and then the next card discarded is even better, so you chuck the first card immediately to pick up the better one. To summarise, KB bought Livermore because he became available to him and he thought he would improve the team and give him options. Noone else better (for the team) was available at that time. As luck would have it two other players suddenly and unexpectedly became available in midfield. Instead of sticking with what we had, he did the brave thing and got those players in and got rid of Livermore. He improved the squad when he bought Livermore. He improved the squad further when he got those other two in. He would NOT have bought Livermore had those other 2 been available originally. There we go... -----Original Message----- From: Jim Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 17:32 To: 'Mark Humphries'; 'Sean Emmott'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [LU] Livermore SOLD I disagree. If he was (allegedly!) good enough to play 3 weeks ago, then he's good enough now (unless he's caught shit off Gregan perhaps?). We haven't even signed another midfielder - what if our "target" fails his medical? Nicholls is probably out till October or so. I don't think Livermore should have been bought at all, but if he has to be sold to finance a deal, at least wait until the deal is done. I completely agree that we need to improve our squad, but the way in which we have gone about it I find very odd. Now, I hope I don't need to clarify my position an further, cos I'm fed up of justifying every bloody detail of my dislike of Blackwell! -----Original Message----- From: Mark Humphries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] He was deemed good enough AT THE TIME HE WAS BOUGHT. _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
